[WSG] Explorer woes with list dropdowns

Hello fellow web standard groupies. I have built a dropdown menu using lists. It works in Firefox and Safari but doesn't seem to work in IE6 or 7. Any suggestions? http://www.treasurehillskihomes.com/TESTING/navtest.html Greatly appreciated! Shane Helm www.sonze.com

Re: [WSG] Explorer woes with list dropdowns

/navtest.html Thanks! Shane On Jan 28, 2008, at 8:52 PM, Shane Helm wrote: Hello fellow web standard groupies. I have built a dropdown menu using lists. It works in Firefox and Safari but doesn't seem to work in IE6 or 7. Any suggestions? http://www.treasurehillskihomes.com/TESTING/navtest.html

[WSG] dropdown menus

the group to hear your opinions on using dropdown menus. How do you feel about them? What is the best method for usability? Thank you, Shane Helm Sonze.com *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

[WSG] Safari 1.3 vs Safari 2 differences

been involved in. Anyone know a good resource to read or what exactly is different? Just wondering. Thanks for your time. Shane Helm www.sonze.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] double space after period

, not typing! ;-) Suzanne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Me too. For the very same reason. Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio www.sonze.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] ie INSANITY ... please help me

before I need to be put in a padded room? At least stay half way out of the padded room. :) All works well in Mac IE. BTW, I'm liking the renditions you have made to the aesthetics of the site since I saw it last. No Windows here to help with the rest. Sorry. Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio

[WSG] 1. Unwanted Gap 2. Flash files shift when scrolling in Firefox

scroll at a different rate than the other divs (they move around). Does anyone know what the problem is? I've used Flash before but never seen this shift in any of my other websites. Also, if you have time, please check in the PC browsers for me and report. Thank you very much! Shane Helm

[WSG] What's up with Mac IE and floats?

TML validate. XHTML Page: http://sonze.com/dvre/who.html CSS: http://sonze.com/dvre/css/internal.css Thank you! Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio www.sonze.com

Re: [WSG] What's up with Mac IE and floats?

on the container anyway. Thanks for the article. I'll study it this weekend. Happy Member, Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio www.sonze.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

[WSG] befuddled over IE with Floats

CSS: http://sonze.com/dvre/css/internal.css Thank you! Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio www.sonze.com

[WSG] cssedit review

built in ftp? Does it have syntax highlighting? Does it have validation built in? Is the preview accurate? What do you like and dislike about the program? Any info would be appreciated. Thank you very much! Happy Coding, Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio www.sonze.com

[WSG] External Links Won't Validate (URL Cleaner doesn't help)

? Is there a way to fix the problem or do I have to admit defeat and have 5 pages that don't validate? The latter annoys me. Here is one of the pages as an example (all 5 pages have the same links so fixing one will do the trick): http://www.willlange.com/listluxury.html Thanks! Shane Helm

Re: [WSG] External Links Won't Validate (URL Cleaner doesn't help)

= amp; -- Jan Brasna :: alphanumeric.cz | webcore.cz | designlab.cz | janbrasna.com I tried amp; but it doesn't work for these external links to this particular external website. That's the whole issue. Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio www.sonze.com

Re: [WSG] External Links Won't Validate (URL Cleaner doesn't help)

familiar with the practice but it does not work with the site I am linking to. Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio www.sonze.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

[WSG] IE PC Problem with

of problem with text pointing to the problem: http://willlange.com/gap/gap.html CSS file: http://www.willlange.com/css/master.css Thanks a ton! Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio www.sonze.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] IE PC Problem with

check this page http://www.willlange.com/index.html to see if the problem is corrected (that no gap exists now). Thanks, Shane Helm sonzeDesignStudio www.sonze.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] New music site barring non IE browsers

Unbelievable! On Nov 30, 2004, at 9:08 PM, Dave Rayner wrote: I went to check out http://hmv.ninemsn.com.au using Firefox and it gave me this:   The site you have tried to enter requires Internet Explorer 6 (or better) with Windows Media Player 7 (or better) on Windows XP, 2000, Me or 98. Click

Re: [WSG] New music site barring non IE browsers

Even worse, is that there is no way to view the site on the Mac. Now they've wiped out 10% of computer users. That's a good bit of the population. Shane Helm On Nov 30, 2004, at 9:08 PM, Dave Rayner wrote: I went to check out http://hmv.ninemsn.com.au using Firefox and it gave me

Re: [WSG] site review

like the background and logo. On Nov 30, 2004, at 9:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: x-tad-biggerI need everyone to take a look at my new website and give me some feedback if possible please. /x-tad-biggerx-tad-biggerhttp://www.jlinasdesign.com/x-tad-biggerx-tad-bigger Thanks guys/x-tad-bigger

Re: [WSG] New music site barring non IE browsers

at me!... I am just stating why I think they have done this... business is business, but this goes against every grain of the web standards ethos. Matt On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:25:31 -0700, Shane Helm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unbelievable! On Nov 30, 2004, at 9:08 PM, Dave Rayner wrote: I went

Re: [WSG] Superior Tutorials

This is where I began: http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/basics/index.html Shane Helm On Nov 23, 2004, at 12:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: x-tad-biggerDoes anyone know of any superior tutorial sites for CSS./x-tad-bigger x-tad-bigger /x-tad-bigger J.LinasDesign Graphic Designer http

Re: [WSG] CSS drop-down menus

This works on Mac Firefox, but not in Safari or IE. Thanks, Shane Helm On Oct 31, 2004, at 1:22 AM, Florin Cojitza wrote: Or you can try: object type=application/x-shockwave-flash data=banner.swf width=250 height=50 param name=movie value=banner.swf / param name=quality value=high param name

[WSG] CSS drop-down menus

I am about to start a project that I am going to use CSS drop-down menus at the very top of the web page. Directly below the menu bar will be a banner bar that will be done in Flash. So before I begin, will the CSS drop-down menus drop down over the Flash banner correctly? Thanks, Shane Helm

Re: [WSG] my site works on Mac, not PC :: suggestions???

Will do Mike. Thanks for the constructive criticism. I'll delete the full screen. Good suggestion. Shane Helm On Oct 16, 2004, at 6:43 PM, Michael Allan wrote: On Saturday, October 16, 2004, at 03:13 PM, Shane Helm wrote: Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! If others have solved

Re: [WSG] my site works on Mac, not PC :: suggestions???

://sonze.com/lange/ Thanks a ton! Shane On Oct 16, 2004, at 1:44 AM, Jason Turnbull wrote: Shane Helm wrote: http://sonze.com/lange/index.html http://sonze.com/lange/bios.html Now the CSS: http://sonze.com/lange/css/master.css IE is doubling the margin on the 'right' and 'left' class, which of course

[WSG] my site works on Mac, not PC :: suggestions???

no, will I actually own a PC. Dreadful... Just teasing you PC folks. :) A couple of my html pages: http://sonze.com/lange/index.html http://sonze.com/lange/bios.html Now the CSS: http://sonze.com/lange/css/master.css Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you, Shane Helm

Re: [WSG] Question

Info on Standards Happy coding... Shane Helm On Oct 12, 2004, at 4:28 PM, Jack wrote: I have joined your web site group and have no idea how to use your web site. I am just a novice and want to use xhtml 1.0 and css2. I have created a site or two this way. This is my first site I created using

[WSG] Ooh, Pretty Green!!!

! in the CSS Validator. Best, Shane Helm { sonzeDesignStudio ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] Is XHTML harmful?

HTML or XHTML. If you live by this standard, then XHTML is a viable coding option. Best, Shane Helm On Oct 6, 2004, at 12:46 PM, Manuel González Noriega wrote: Clayton Lengel-Zigich wrote: Again, higly subjective: it's neat for marchine-parsing but IMHO it's overkill to learn that you've made

[WSG] Are empty divs okay?

site using Web Standards, I'm unsure if leaving a div tag empty is okay or not. Or is there another method I should be using? Thank you very much, Shane Helm ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web

Re: [WSG] Are empty divs okay?

know if it is okay but I've done it on more than one occasion. I have noticed that Internet explorer puts a nasty margin on empty divs, that might be something to watch out for. J Shane Helm wrote: I am working on my second CSS XHTML site. Home page thus far: http://sonze.com/lange/index.html

Re: [WSG] Are empty divs okay?

a background image? On Sep 29, 2004, at 1:13 PM, Paul Novitski wrote: At 11:35 AM 9/29/2004, Shane Helm wrote: I have some empty div tags to be able to make a graphic a background image since this presentation is common to all pages. For example in my html: div id=header3/div My CSS for header3

Re: [WSG] Table-Free Design

discussions everyday and don't be afraid to ask anything on subject. Also listen to Hugh Todd. He knows his stuff. He saved me in a crunch! Shane Helm { sonzeDesignStudio On Aug 15, 2004, at 11:39 PM, John Horner wrote: If I want to find solid building blocks for a table-free layout, where

Re: [WSG] Image size--where should it be?

Is there really any reason to have it either place? Isn't it just extra code that doesn't have to be there? On Aug 12, 2004, at 6:29 PM, Joshua Street wrote: Well, the W3C validation page recommends using either! Demonstrating valid CSS: p a href=http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/; img

Re: [WSG] The F-word (frames that is)

Since the frame will reference your website (pulling your site in as an external site into the main frame), your pages will reference your style sheets. No need to worry. I hate frames too. Shane Helm { sonzeDesignStudio On Aug 4, 2004, at 5:01 PM, Ted Drake wrote: I'm putting together our

[WSG] The appearance of Frames without Frames, only CSS

arsenal without having to use frames or iFrames (they're a mess). It appears to me the designer is doing this with CSS (I could be wrong). Is this so and, if so, how? I do notice this in the code source for the page: div class=SwitchBox and in the CSS. Thank you for your time! Shane Helm

Re: [WSG] Ikon, where are you?

Here, here! I second Ted. It's getting very annoying! I can't stand it until August 14th. Shane On Jul 30, 2004, at 2:14 PM, Ted Drake wrote: Is there anything we can do to keep the ikon messages contained for the next 2 weeks? He may be on a holiday, but he'll wish he wasn't when he gets

[WSG] What to do when an External Link won't Validate?

the external site I'm linking to? Thank you in advance. Shane Helm { sonzeDesignStudio * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help *

Re: [WSG] Hiding email address from spambots with CSS

Summed up very well Justin. And yes, Apple Mail is the best way to defend against spam (junk mail). It has an awesome spam filter system. Shane Helm { sonzeDesignStudio On Jul 7, 2004, at 12:51 AM, Justin French wrote: On 06/07/2004, at 10:50 PM, Neerav wrote: I havent tried this, but it sounds

[WSG] iFrames vs Scrolling Divs

) or should an iFrame be used in this case? Are iFrames old news, should I veer totally away from them? Thank you, Shane Helm { sonzeDesignStudio * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] presentation

understand that it's not about being better than everyone else, but it's about helping each other to better our graphics world and the user experience. Great to have you on our team! Best of luck, Shane Helm Sonze Design Studio On Jul 2, 2004, at 12:59 PM, Luca Mascaro .info wrote: Hi i'm Luca Mascaro

Re: [WSG] 100% Inaccessible

Rant rave all you want Chris. I grow weary of lazy programmers that don't give me thought to overall design. I got your back. Shane Helm Sonze On Jun 29, 2004, at 5:53 PM, Chris Stratford wrote: I know this is OT. But I have had it up to here (**motions towards my ceiling**) with websites

Re: [WSG] Site looks fine when previewing in IE, but messy in IE online

I believe I got it. You guys helped out a lot, especially Hugh. Can you guys test again to make sure. It looks great on Mac in Safari and IE5.2.3. Can you test on PC please? http://sonze.com/isl/temp/ Thank you, Shane Helm * The discussion

Re: [WSG] Site Deconstruction, those crafty Germans

Are you serious? Is this possible? Shane On Jun 24, 2004, at 5:48 PM, ckimedia wrote: Hi, I found this wonderful site (http://www.mbusa.com/brand/index.jsp) listed at the WSG section for full CSS sites(http://webstandardsgroup.org/resources/#cat9). As today is my Review and Research day, I've

[WSG] Site looks fine when previewing in IE, but messy in IE online

to the html page: http://sonze.com/isl/temp/ Here is a link to the css page: http://sonze.com/isl/temp/css/int.css Please help if you have a moment. Thank you very much. Keep up the great work everyone! I'm ready to do my part to change the world. Shane Helm Sonze Design Studio

Re: [WSG] Mac testers please

Looks great in Safari. Nice clean design. Great work. The site is not centering in IE 5 on the map. You have about 200px of white space between site and right border/shadow. I'm interested to know CKIMEDIA is saying about forcing white space so that the site doesn't jump horizontal when a

Re: [WSG] Site looks fine when previewing in IE, but messy in IE online

? Thanks for your help. I'll add the new classes and hopefully that will help. Have a great day! Shane Helm On Jun 22, 2004, at 1:45 AM, Hugh Todd wrote: Shane, It looks fine in all of the Mac browsers I've tried it on... IE 5.2.3, Opera 7.5, Firefox, Safari. Are you having problems with PC versions

Re: [WSG] Site looks fine when previewing in IE, but messy in IE online

Thanks Jeff. Shane Helm On Jun 22, 2004, at 12:49 AM, Jeff Davies wrote: Looks good in Firefox .9. In IE 6 the For more information contact: column appears bottom left rather than on the right Jeff At 07:36 22/06/2004, you wrote: Hello WSG! I have been using CSS for text styles for the last few

Re: [WSG] definition lists

I'm not sure if this is what you need, but try these links: http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/basics/cssbasics12.html http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/basics/cssbasics5.html Good luck, Shane Helm \\ Sonze Design Studio On Jun 22, 2004, at 12:35 PM, Ted Drake wrote: I feel stupid. I put together

Re: [WSG] Site looks fine when previewing in IE, but messy in IE online

Wow Hugh. It's great that you took the time to help me and grant me encouragement. I greatly appreciate it. This makes all the sense in the world. The one thing is I was confused about was dl, dt, dd. I found some info online to learn up on it. I really can't thank you enough. Shane Helm

Re: [WSG] Mac testers please

learned the technique, see the entry for Twinsparc.   Reviewed by Johan Edlund :: Comments (6) On Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at 09:48 AM, Shane Helm wrote: Looks great in Safari. Nice clean design. Great work. The site is not centering in IE 5 on the map. You have about 200px of white space